eponyinIL
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- First Name
- Cyndi
- Joined
- Jun 25, 2020
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- Location
- Springfield, IL
- Vehicles
- 1967 Mustang Coupe; 2021 MachE AWD ER, Rapid Red
- Occupation
- Director or Human Resources
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So I have had the MachE Premium AWD Ext. Range for 48 hours. I still love it! However, there are some opportunities to improve and I still have a lot to learn.
First, I haven’t been able to get my profile to load from FordPass app. The dealer was insistent that you shouldn’t enter it directly and that it was better if it came from the app, so I haven’t tried to enter it on my own. I also can’t seem to get the phone as a key to work. I have the iPhone 12 Pro, so there shouldn’t be any issues. However several times the car tells me that it can’t start because a key is not present. It also hasn’t been lighting up when I get close, unless I have the actual key. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app several times with no success. At this point I will just carry the key because I don’t trust the phone and I don’t want to get stranded. The app does work to lock/unlock and start just fine.
Charging has been an interesting adventure. We ordered the Ford Connect Charger for home over 4 Months ago and it is still not in, so we have to go to local charge stations. The 80% cliff is very real. It sends a message that you have hit 80% and that it will continue to charge but at a stupid slow rate. I can use the 110 outlet at home and it will be about 90% when I leave for work in the morning. The plug and charge worked and didn’t work at the same time. True that you can plug in and it charges your card without the app but it charged the guest rate of $.43 instead of $.31 and I didn’t get any free charge like I was supposed to. This was at an EA station. Hint: Look at all of the chargers before starting. I started charging at one that was only 150kw before realizing that all of the other chargers were 350kw, so I moved and it was much faster.
Also a little concerned about the range. When I picked up the MachE it was fully charged with a range of 220. Now charged to 80% it is only showing 132 mile range. My math says it should be at least 175. I am not sure if that is because I have driving crazy, just having fun with it or because I have also spent time just sitting in it to learn everything with the heat on.
It is absolutely fun to drive and I had three people stop me while it was charging. But there are some opportunities to improve.
First, I haven’t been able to get my profile to load from FordPass app. The dealer was insistent that you shouldn’t enter it directly and that it was better if it came from the app, so I haven’t tried to enter it on my own. I also can’t seem to get the phone as a key to work. I have the iPhone 12 Pro, so there shouldn’t be any issues. However several times the car tells me that it can’t start because a key is not present. It also hasn’t been lighting up when I get close, unless I have the actual key. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app several times with no success. At this point I will just carry the key because I don’t trust the phone and I don’t want to get stranded. The app does work to lock/unlock and start just fine.
Charging has been an interesting adventure. We ordered the Ford Connect Charger for home over 4 Months ago and it is still not in, so we have to go to local charge stations. The 80% cliff is very real. It sends a message that you have hit 80% and that it will continue to charge but at a stupid slow rate. I can use the 110 outlet at home and it will be about 90% when I leave for work in the morning. The plug and charge worked and didn’t work at the same time. True that you can plug in and it charges your card without the app but it charged the guest rate of $.43 instead of $.31 and I didn’t get any free charge like I was supposed to. This was at an EA station. Hint: Look at all of the chargers before starting. I started charging at one that was only 150kw before realizing that all of the other chargers were 350kw, so I moved and it was much faster.
Also a little concerned about the range. When I picked up the MachE it was fully charged with a range of 220. Now charged to 80% it is only showing 132 mile range. My math says it should be at least 175. I am not sure if that is because I have driving crazy, just having fun with it or because I have also spent time just sitting in it to learn everything with the heat on.
It is absolutely fun to drive and I had three people stop me while it was charging. But there are some opportunities to improve.